Alleged drug lord Jose Antonio Calle turns himself in to US agents

(7 May 2012) 1. Mid of police officials at news conference
2. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) General Jose Roberto Leon, Deputy Police Director General:
"In the last hours we have learned Javier Antonio Calle Serna, also known as the "Comba" or "The Doctor", has surrendered to the authorities, specifically the DEA (the US Drug Enforcement Administration), in Aruba."
3. Screen shot of undated STILL of alleged drug trafficker Javier Antonio Calle Serna
4. Wide of news conference
5. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) General Jose Roberto Leon, Deputy Police Director General:
"Javier Antonio Calle Serna is the eldest brother and leader of the drug trafficking gang and we have to note that all the investigations that the Colombian police undertook has led to the arrest of more than 16 of his relatives and top ranking members of this drug gang known as the "Clan of the Comba" and the criminal gang of "Los Rastrojos."
6. Undated STILL of alleged drug trafficker Javier Antonio Calle Serna with personal details attached
7. Graphic of alleged gang members
STORYLINE:
An alleged major Colombian drug trafficker surrendered to US drug agents in Aruba and was flown to New York, where he faces criminal charges, Colombian authorities said on Monday.
Colombia,'s Deputy Police Director, General Jose Roberto Leon, said Javier Antonio Calle Serna turned himself over to US Drug Enforcement Administration agents on Aruba, which is just off the Caribbean coast of Colombia and Venezuela, on Friday.
Calle was indicted in New York,'s Eastern District last year for the alleged international distribution of 25 metric tons of cocaine, money laundering, racketeering and murder, according to a news release the local US attorney,'s office issued at the time.
A spokesman for the US attorney in New York,'s Eastern District, Robert Nardoza, said he could neither confirm nor deny Leon,'s statement that Calle was flown to New York.
Nor would Nardoza discuss why the indictment was not available in the US federal court system,'s online electronic database.
The DEA also declined to comment.
The 43-year-old Calle allegedly heads a violent cocaine-trafficking paramilitary force called "Los Rastrojos," or The Leftovers, Colombian authorities say.
His brother and alleged accomplice, Juan Carlos Calle, was captured in Ecuador in March and sent to the United States.
US State Department had a five (m) million US dollar reward out for each of the brothers.
The Rastrojos emerged roughly a decade ago from the dissolution of Colombia,'s Norte del Valle cartel, and allegedly shipped tons of cocaine northward through Mexico.
The brothers, originally hired guns for Norte del Valle bosses, gained the nickname the "Comba," short for combatants, as their criminal gang expanded its influence over drug-trafficking routes, corrupting local officials and battling a rival offshoot of the cartel called the "Urabenos."
The U.S. State Department said Javier Antonio Calle Serna has since 2005 allegedly run "Los Rastrojos" and "been linked to kidnappings, tortures, and assassinations in Colombia, Venezuela, and Panama."

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